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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:24:05 -0500, DFS wrote:   
      
   >> The Micro$lop registry must be hailed as the most supremely ridiculous   
   >> OS design decision of all time.   
   >   
   > Incorrect.  It is well-designed (enough anyway).   
      
   The concept may have sounded good, but as happens all too often with   
   Microsoft, they botched the implementation.   
      
   A database was supposed to offer a more structured way to implement   
   configuration updates, with automatic notification to apps that can   
   register their interest in relevant configuration items. Instead, all   
   it does is create a mess. The notification mechanism doesn’t work, so   
   you need to reboot after making registry changes, anyway. And the   
   database is prone to corruption. Even the backup/restore mechanism   
   doesn’t work very well, as others have attested.   
      
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